A technique for studying the greater auricular nerve conduction velocity

A technique for studying sensory nerve conduction velocity of the greater auricular nerve according to one of the conventional methods is described. Latency and conduction velocities obtained from 35 nerves in 20 healthy adults were 1.7 +/- 0.2 msec (SD) and 46.8 +/- 6.6 m/sec (SD), respectively. This technique is easy to perform and is useful in documenting traumatic and other neuropathies involving the greater auricular nerve, as illustrated in the case report in this article.